Just mention Bowling Green to Justin Ingram or Jordan Lauf, and the University of Toledo assistant coaches perk up.
Ingram and Lauf both played for the Rockets, so they’ve lived the Battle of I-75 rivalry for years. Even now as coaches, the BGSU game elicits a passion and energy that doesn’t exist for the other 16 Mid-American Conference games.
“You treat them all the same, but it’s a different game,” Ingram said. “The game definitely means more. I say it all the time: we don’t like them and they don’t like us. There’s a mutual respect. Your juices get flowing a little bit more.